Bangkok Post - 2020-03-31

• Govt won’t let THAI go under: Somkid
• 90% cut in travel targeted
• Ministry readies phase 3 of virus welfare
• Pandemic pot reaches into budgets
• Editorial: Govt must bring Thais home fast
• Wissanu: Face mask supply woes are over
• Trump drops hope of quick recovery
• Parents rush to fly kids home from stricken US
• Southern border passes reopened
• Military hospitals told to brace for influx of cases
• Officer caught Covid-19 ‘elsewhere’: police
• Police seek prison break mastermind­s
• High school entrance exams moved online
• Ban on egg exports extended for a month
• Park fires ‘work of arsonists’
• Lights green for hike to speed limit
• Cops arrest man over 2 murders
• Moscow tightens lockdown
• UK warns normalcy far away
• Italy says strict measures will come to an end slowly
• Orban eyes sweeping powers in new bill
• Kim absent in latest round of missile tests
• IS inmates take control of prison after riot
• Rival calls for vote boycott of May poll
• Pope backs UN chief’s global ceasefire call
• Israel inches closer to a unity govt
• Congress mulls next steps amid divide
• Guaido calls for emergency governance
• Obrador visits ‘El Chapo’s’ home, shakes mum’s hands
• Trump says US won’t pay Harry and Meghan’s security
• 450 inmates freed amid virus fears
• Virus brings out the usual zombies
• Too early to tell
• Imagining a post-coronaviru­s world
• Govt support key to airline industry’s survival
• Virus blunders see govt bobbing and weaving
• Aussie star Smith’s leadership ban ends
• I’m corona free, says Celtics guard Smart
• Xavi sets ‘total harmony’ as condition for Barca job
• Playing for toilet paper in Arizona
• Vissel Kobe defender Sakai tests positive for Covid-19
• Payback time
• World Championsh­ip could finish in January, says Ferrari boss
• Younger Marquez celebrates first MotoGP win — in virtual race
• Games to start on July 23 next year
• Ex-Navy star joins virus battle in Spain
• Thai FA slashes salaries of Nishino, other employees
• April lockdown batters 30,000 hotels
• TMBAM initiates rebates for 4 cancelled funds
• Cybersecur­ity analysts are urging government help for Thai SMEs to comply with the new personal data protection law.
• A torrent of oil is the last thing the market needs, but Norway’s Johan Sverdrop field is set to start producing soon.
• The Industry Ministry will suspend debt payments for 12 months for SMEs that borrowed from the Pracha Rat fund.
• Shanghai topped the global IPO table for the first time in 3 years despite the pandemic.
• Apple supplier Foxconn reported its profit dipped 24% in the final quarter of 2019.
• Coping with high risk velocity
• FPO: Pandemic hits hard
• Ministry launches online service for small retailers
• 13 asset firms to offer extra units
• New retail fizzles as pandemic persists
• PTT to maintain gas output
• Rising to the challenge
• NDESC allots B3bn for 10GB
• State urged to assist SMEs with PDPA
• Nextdoor grows in age of social distancing
• Japan ‘favours home-grown design for next-gen fighter’
• Australia’s GDP expected to shrink by 10%
• ABB braces for hit from coronaviru­s
• UK’s Royal Mint making Covid-19 protective gear
• ABN Amro warns of loss in the first quarter, scraps dividend
• Virus sees Geely facing one of toughest years
• Expo 2020 Dubai ‘to be postponed by one year’
• Dutch flower industry continues to wither
• PBoC surprises with RRR cut
• MAS flattens currency band slope
• EasyJet grounds entire fleet of planes
• Sports Industry Reels From Coronaviru­s Fallout
• LEARNING GOES ONLINE
• Why this is the best time to quit smoking
• Pandemic impact on blood banks, elephants
• Elephants facing dangerous neglect
• Blood donation to Red Cross a worthwhile reason to leave home
• Actor Michael Sheen urges UK to use hotels as refuges for victims of domestic violence during lockdown
• Japan comedian Ken Shimura dies following coronaviru­s infection
• Keeping your hands clean best way to stay healthy
• KEEPING IT COOL
• Maybe now you’ll stop mocking Peloton
• ITALY’S POWERFUL SANITISERS
• CROSSWORD
• HOROSCOPE
• BEYOND THE BOOB TUBE
• NOW STREAMING
• A tribute to Manu Dibango
• Let music heal your soul during the Covid-19 outbreak

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